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salak

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /səˈlæk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 L AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Pear-shaped fruit of this palm; also called snake fruit.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.

From Malay salak.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Salakpalme — salak palm
  • Japanese: サラク (saraku) — salak palm
  • Korean: 살라크 (sallakeu) — salak palm
  • Polish: salaka — salak palm
  • Polish: oszplina — salak palm
  • Banyumasan: salak — salak fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛇皮果 (shépíguǒ) — salak fruit
  • Czech: salaka — salak fruit
  • German: Schlangenfrucht — salak fruit
  • German: Salak — salak fruit
  • Indonesian: salak — salak fruit
  • Italian: salacca — salak fruit
  • Japanese: サラク (saraku) — salak fruit
  • Javanese: ꦱꦭꦏ꧀ (salak) — salak fruit
  • Khmer: រកាំ (rɔɔrɔkam) — salak fruit
  • Khmer: សាឡាក់ (saalak) — salak fruit
  • Korean: 살라크 (sallakeu) — salak fruit
  • Malay: salak — salak fruit
  • Malayalam: സലാക്കാ (salākkā) — salak fruit
  • Polish: salaka — salak fruit
  • Russian: салак (salak) — salak fruit
  • Spanish: fruta de serpiente — salak fruit
  • Sundanese: ᮞᮜᮊ᮪ (salak) — salak fruit
  • Tagalog: alimuran — salak fruit
  • Thai: สละ (sà-là) — salak fruit